Summary Of Stanley Yelnats 'Holes'

“Holes”

Have you ever felt unlucky? For Stanley Yelnats, he and his family were afflicted with a curse for his whole life. For generations his family has been cursed because of his great-great grandfather - his stroke of misfortune started as soon as he was born. The Yelnats family were hard-working but poor; his father, an inventor, could not come up with anything for a long time. At school he was teased about his weight, and had an incredibly tough time throughout his life. But on that fateful day, his rotten luck had him at the wrong place at the wrong time. He was falsely convicted of stealing a pair of shoes and therefore sent to Camp Green Lake.

At Camp it doesn’t get any better for Stanley, as he is continuously bullied by thuggish inmates and forced digs holes in the blistering hot sun. His streak continues when one day, Stanley dug up a lipstick case that that was too reward the finder with a day off. Although Stanley initially found it, X-Ray took credit for finding it and received a day off. Stanley was not bothered as he was resigned to his misfortune, and …show more content…
This was a huge turning point in the story as his luck started reverting to fortune. After finding refuge at Big Thumb, Stanley and Zero were overwhelmed by the vast quantities of onions and freshwater. Because of this, they had enough energy to live on Big Thumb for more than a week. However, they decide to sneak into the camp for food and water. They also suspected that they were digging holes for a reason. Having found a gold lipstick tube with the name Kate Barlow on it; they went back to continue digging in that spot. While digging as the rest of the camp slept they find a suitcase with Stanley Yelnats inscribed on it. Unfortunately the Warden spotted them and confiscated the suitcase. The warden sends the boys into back to the camp and instructs the counselors to watch